Improvement in bush-hammers



' To ill whom it may concern:

)JAMES W. MALoY, or nosT-onMAssAoHUsErrs.

Letters Pam No. 97,663, dated 136mm 7, 1869.

*Mgr- IMPRQVEMENT IN BUSH-HAMMERS 'Be if. known um I, JAMES W. Marey, ofBestu,

county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an ImprovedBush-Hammer; and do hereby declare the-'following lto be av full, clear,and exact panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side view, and

Figure 2 is a tonV view 'of my improved bush-hammer.

In the bush-hammer in use, the construction is such, that when it isdesired to remove the blades, the handle must also he removed, as th'ehammer-head is made in two lpartis, as if cut through x y, like a mould,and divided through the eye, and with removable gehes..

description thereof', reference being had, to the accom- The object ofmy invention is'toovercome the objections to the old, by making ahammerheadiin such a manner that the socket for the handle is neverfdis`turbed, and the gebes are than, being part of the head, and from whichthe blades can be easily removed for repairs, Stel;` and "Ihe nature oi'my invention consists in a hammerhead,so constructed as to hold the`blades iirmly, by`

'means ofa clamp and bolts, while the. handle always remains fixed int-h'e head. f

In the drawings- A VAA is a ham1nerhead,iu one piece, having eye orsocket S for the handle.` i

i B isa removable clamp, adjusted upon head `A by Hare thebushing-blades. The blades H are adjusted between the parts Aand B ofhead A andclamp B, respectively.

The `blades have a solid bearing, A", which is part The` Schedulereferred to in. these Letters Patent and making .part of the same.

of head A, but forms a projection and ange, coveringv This pre-1 ventsany lateral motion or chance for blades becomthe sides of the inner endsof the blades.

ing loosened.

At el, a shoulder of the clamp B fits into a corresponding recessin headA.

This constructionV secures the firm rigidity or lixed position of theclamp B, and enables it toreeeive the bearing of the blades H, in commonwith the gebes A, s0 that all parts feel the effect of blows alike, thuspreventing strain upon one part, and not upon ,an-V

other.

.A For durability, ease of adjusting the blades, and of repairing orsharpening, this bush-hammer presents many apparent Vadvantagesover-those in use. Old hammers can be made over into my improvedbushhammer, thus giving an extra advantage to parties not wishing topurchase new.

I can manufacture all the'parts to a hammer of this kind,.so that anycan be replaced, for any part will it auy hammer. i

What I claim as my invention, and' desire to secure by Letters Patent,is

Abush-hammer, formed by the combination of head A, constructedsubstantially as shown, and clamp B,

'the part held together, and securing' blades H, substantially as hereindescribed.

In testimony whereof, Ihave signed my name to' this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses:

CARROLL D. WRIGHT, AUsTIN S. lIoWAntrH.V

